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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 298.
Maywood. 111., April 8.Sixty-
three Indians in a special car en
route to Washington to see Pres
ident Roosevelt were run into by
a mail train two miles west of
here today during a fog. Three
of the Indians were instantly
killed and twenty others were
more-or less seriously hurt. The
Indians who were not pinned in
the wreck fled in a panic across
the prairie.
The trains which collided were
the Oregon express and the fast
mail on the Chicago & North
western railroad. The express
train*' was run into by the mail
train. Both trains were east
bound.
Physicians were promptly hur
ried to the scene. As soon as
possible the injured were taken
to Maywood and Chicago. All
the victims of the wreck were
LIFE ATTEMPTED
Spanish Socialists Attempt Assas
sination of Vqnng King
of Spain.
Madrid, April 7.An fficial tele
gram from Barcelona states that as
King Alfonso was leaving the exhibi
tion a "petard" was exploded with
the evident intention of assassinating
him. Two peasants were seriously in
jured. One arrest was made and the
attempt on the king's life is laid at
the door of prominent Barcelona
socialists..
Strawberries and vegetables
every day at Peterson's.
6- sec]eani
Suggests New Carpets, Rugs,
Curtains, Shades, Etc....
We carry a large stock of such goods and can make
prompt delivery
Ingrain Carpets at
65, 75 and 90c a Yard
Velvet Carpets at
$1 a Yard
Axminsfer Carpets at
$1.25 a Yard
Art Squares from
$3.50 to $12 Each
Rugs from
85c to $20 Each
Matting from
-Indians. The coach containing
the Indians was alight day car.
It was completely wrecked. The
rear end of the coach ahead was
also damaged.
After the collision the passen
gers in the other coaches of the
two trains hurried to the rescue
and after a hard struggle pulled
them from beneath the wreck
age. Chief White Horse, in
charge of the Indians on theworked
train, was fatally injured. The
bodies of the Indians who had
been killed were laid on the prai
rie near the track, Chief White
Horse being carried with them.
He smoked a pipe quietly and
showed no signs of the pain he
must have been suffering. He
said he knew that death was near
and requested that he be placed
near his dead companions. The
chief was propped up and sat
DULUT MA N
A SUICIDE
Duluth, April 8.Ebenczer Kilgour,
an employe of the Panton & White
Co., suicided shortly before4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon by cutting his
throat with a razor in the bath room
at the Tecumseh hotel. Kilgour was
thirty-six years old, unmarried and
came to Duluth only lasl Sunday.
Mental depression which took the
form of a fear that he was losing his
mind is believed to have inspired the
deed.
A number of the friends of
Will Ellick son gathered at his
home last evening and helped to
celebrate the eighteenth anniver
sary of his birth.
25 to 75c a Yard
Linoleum from
55 to 75c a Yard
Lace Curtains from
50c to $15 a Pair
Draperies from
$2.50 to $14 a Pair
Window Shades from
25c to $2 Each
Bissel's Carpet Sweepers from
$2.50 to $3.50 Each
BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA.
stoically while the physicians
over him. Ono by onefog
the other injured Indians were
slowly taken from the splintered
car and placed jiear their dying
chief and dead comrades. The
physicians hurried from one todifticulty
another of the injured, adminis
tering to the wants of all} while
arrangements were being made
to take the red men to the near
est hospital.
Persons who ware on the train
said that the collision unquostion-
The accompanying cut is that
oi-the map published by the Du
luth Evening Herald March 11,
1904..^ The Herald claimed in its
article accompanying this map
that Cass Lake was asking for all
the townships in ran_ges_22 and 2o
lying north of the north line of
Township 52.
In that article the Herald mis
represented the situation, as
Cass Lake had not asked for any
land in those two ranges, but in
making its representation, the
Herald has called attention to
those -4wG---ranges,^undats_owm^^
map plainly shows that they
ought to be included in Cass
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer
BEMID.11. MINNESOTA, EBID&Y, \V\l\L S, LOQ- i
Delegation of Nebraska Sioux in Collision on
Northwestern Railroad Near
Chicago.
ably was the result of the dense Tt
which stretched from -Lake
Michigan today many miles west
ward. I addition to the log
clouds of escaping steam envoi
oped the wreck and added to the the aid of the injured Indians,
of rescue. -The fact- that one sale of the roar
A moment after the crash then
1
Lake's request lor attachment of
additional territory to its district.
From the south end of those
two ranges the settlers, in going
to Duluth,go-by-way of the Great
Northern to Swan River the
main line, thence east on the
main line '.'2 milos-to-Du 1 th. I I
thcy could go west to the land
office at Cass Like their-iravel'
would be 1H miles shorter than
to Duluth, as Cass Like is only
74 miles west of Swan River.
The Great Northern railway runs
north and south, and east and
these two tiers of townships, hav
ing altogether 15 stations within
CHINA WILL AID
New York, April 7.Reports! will, it is asserted, be the signal
are said to have reached an am
bassador here, says a Herald dis
patch from Berlin, to the effect
that China is on the verge of
throwing in her lot with Japan.
The-first defeat on land-of Jhrssia
for a forward movement on the
part of the Celestial empire,
Japan, the correspondent adds,
shows no anxiety for help, rca'
izing that China's intervention
hoaril by the passengers,
jumping from ouch side of theether
cars ahead. All the men pass
engers ami many offche women
on board the trains hastened to
far fell off with the impact un
was not a sound from the ill-fated jdoulttedly saved the lives of many
coach. Then one by one those I Indians who wore thrown out on
surviving the crash regained in the prairie.
part their sense and began shout- Th Indians were from the
ing for aid. A terrifying series reservation near Uushville. Neb.',
of wild yells from the Indians and their journey east was prim
LAND OFFICE TERRITORY IN CONSROVERSY.
their boundaries and the eon
heeti-ng line reaching to Swan
Kiver.
From th northern 'townships
in these two ranges, travelto Du
luth is almost wholly ^Ivrobgh
Northern*', Be.niidji and Cass
Lake to Duluth, while from the
north central portion of this strip
the- favorite route of travel by
settlers is via the Itasca Lumber
Co.'s railway to Door Kiver,
may cause more embarrassment! ment of Port Arthur haye^died
-than proirtr I as aresi'lt of the poisonotfs gases
arily for show purposes at New
York.
It was a .pitiable sight to see
the Indians lying on the ground
clad in their native garments with
red blankets dyed deeper by the
bh^ed of their friends. The menAbraham
were men of splendid physique
and the exhibition of calm nerve
on the part of WhitoTIorso was
a good" example of that of the
members of the Indian
party.
The dead:
lvu.j. lli .\i skull crushed.
PHILIP IKON TOIL,- body
crushed.
THOMAS COMK LAST, body
crushed.
'The injured: Big Chief White
horse, body crushed and legs
broken, will die. Luther Stand
ing Hear, crushed about body
and head will die. Mrs. Thomas
two-ranges should be~attached to
the Cass Luke district, and while
its map was published only for
the purpose of misrepresenting
the request of ('ass Like, it is
bound to do good work for the
thence east l-'j miles to Duluth, [tor ought to be, and is, inuehap-
while CassJjake'is only 39 milesM-precia^ed by the settlers in the,
west of Deer Kiver, a differenceJ two ranges referred to, a nil the
Died from Poisonous Gasses.
St. Petersburg, April. 7 a cor
respondent of the Vostcliny Vest
r.ik states that many of the slight
lv wounded in the first bombard
setLLexS-JI theCummissime of
the Genera] Landoflieo looks 'nU*-
its' merits as above stated.
The gratuitous assistance of
the livening Herald in this mat-
the_LY.emrig-JIcu.-aLd.
l,
so that from any standpoint, the It will probably think twice be-
Herald's map itself shows those fore publishing anymore maps.
oumuTi'thtgvJ&roto the Japanese
shells. JJ notes that many of
the^ enemy's projectiles fall in
jX^near the hospital and
adds that it has been, deter
mined to evacuate the city hospi
tal.
TEX CENTS PER WEEK.
Come Last, wife of one of killed
cut about head and shoulders.
Th mas /Come Las t, six year old
son i the dead man, head
bumped and believed to have
been made temporarily insane.
Goodinow, cut about
head. Blind Eagle, cut about
head,- Head Chief High Ball, at
the head of the delegation of
Sioux, severely crushed about
the body. William Sitting1*
Bull,
son of Chief Sitting Bull, ser
iously injured.
After the bodies of the dead
had been removed from the
wreck arid placed in a row on the
prairie beside the tracks, an in
cident, probably unparalleled in
railroad records, took place.
The uninjured among the Indians
gathered about and led by Chief
I ron Tail, solemnly chanted the
Indian death song.
FEAR A FLOOD
Rapid Rise of Red River (Jives
Rise to Grave Alarm
at Fargo.
April 8,--The rapid rise of
River occasions the most
alarm throughout the Red
['urg
the
fl-ttVO
Ittvor vailt'y. The river has been
r! 'iiijf riiplilly for the pa--t twenty-four
hour.- anil is out of its banks in many
places. A heavy snow has been fall
ing HJijL't) noon yestrrilay and will, re
luk'ln a iftuieral delay of farm work
throughout th vallov.
Pairs of
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WOMEN'S
a.rvd
CHILDREN'S
SHOES
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Commencing Tomorrow
Saturday
To continue till the entire
line of thefirestock is sol
Everything in-TDiaigrred figures
is Fire Sale Prices.
jse^
Come before the
BEST are picked
uut
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